Re: Hardy Aroids - -Calla palustris

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.10.28 at 05:51:19(1532) Jim & Steve: I will see what the situation is on fruits of Calla palustris. While I have seen Peltandra in this pool I had not seen the Calla. It is surely the same pool into which I planted the Orontium! Perhaps Petra will know. She wanders around on the grounds more than I. Tom +More > > >> Jim, I've tried to get Calla palustris several times unsuccessfully - > >> seeds from an exchange never germinated for me, and plant sources haven't > >> worked out. Is anyone growing this? > > >> -- Steve Marak > >> -- samarak@arachne.uark.edu > > Dear Steve; > I hate to put Tom Croat on the spot, but behind the Climatron is a > pond loaded with Calla palustris and I have liberated a few seeds in my > time. Maybe he could send out his henchmen and transport some down your > way. I belive now is the time. > > Best Jim > > ps Don; > In this pond it grows around the edges with its 'toes' in the water > and 'ankles' just above. I've grown it in a metal wash tub which fills up > with rain or hosing and slowly drains/ evaporates away. I guess this would > be called a bog and it can certainly take some serious flooding, but > probably doesn't want to take much drought. > > I grow Symplocarpus in a 2 gal pot standing in a tray of water > (summer and winter) and I bet Calla would do likewise. > > > James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net > Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 > Zone 5/6 - > Winter low -10°F > Summer high +100°F > > > > -- Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org

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